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Without Conscience

from The Outer Reach by Thinkspeak

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The idea that a consistent percentage of the population, say 1%, are sociopaths and that, though they operate on every socioeconomic level, the ones most hurtful are at the top of that pyramid, gaining then using that immense power to advance their agenda, always without regard to the well-being of others, or even their own long-term interests.

musically, as I record these songs, i get out the next one and start to remember it so i can play it… then orchestrate it. They basically are the same as written but i might play with tempo, key and certainly orchestration - all that evolves song to song in ways parallel to the way my paintings evolved over the years. And i get ideas along the way, like the fading without conscience at the end.

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the sociopath and the psychopath
when they claw their way to power
where they then when they get there
serve themselves from that tower

2.
and we who're inclined to their charm
convinced they're where they should be
eventually stand disillusioned
misapplied trust now to see

3.
so they without conscience command
and ruin from that will come
of our fortune health even life
regret no solace nor thing to be done

4.
they gather as allies to plot their advance
you see them through history appear
their end is in their beginning
their reign drags dreadful for years

without conscience without conscience without conscience

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from The Outer Reach, released April 2, 2014

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Thinkspeak Atlanta, Georgia

Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2018. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there.

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